Epidemic: The Past, Present and Future of the Diseases That Made Us

Author:   Robert Baker, B.A
Publisher:   VISION Paperbacks
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9786611751777


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 September 2007
Format:   Electronic book text
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Epidemic: The Past, Present and Future of the Diseases That Made Us


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At the threshold of the third millennium, we are more vulnerable to mass epidemics than at any time in our history. Some infectious agents - MRSA, acinetobacter baumanii, Tuberculosis, HIV - are becoming resistant to nearly all available antibiotics. Differences in travel and social behaviour spread infections more widely; and, with changes in climate, diseases are either being described for the first time, or appearing in previously unaffected areas. In this fascinating book, infectious disease expert Robert Baker looks at the science, the history and the future of epidemics. He shows what epidemics really are, how they begin and transmit, the various types they are and what they can cause. Following some of the greatest plagues and epidemics of the past - bubonic plague, the great pox, the small pox - he shows the changing world of infectious disease and the possible infections lurking around the corner.

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Author:   Robert Baker, B.A
Publisher:   VISION Paperbacks
Imprint:   VISION Paperbacks
ISBN:  

9786611751777


ISBN 10:   6611751777
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 September 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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